The NotsoQuiet Librarian

 I've been thinking this past week about our country, the unrest, the bitterness I see in some people and the overwhelming sadness I see in others.  It is so difficult some days to put an uplifting spin on what the world looks like, even in our little slice of Heaven.  And, truthfully I don't think being fake just to make someone else happy is appropriate or fair.  That type of fake is right up there, in my book, with fake news and superficiality.  I don't know how to be that way, and even if I did, how shallow would that make me. I have hurts, days of overwhelming sorrow, when the world seems to be caving in, and days of overwhelming joy, when the sun is shining through the rain.  Some days the brokenness I see is a weight, much like the chains Marley wore in "A Christmas Carol".  Those weights can be a burden but they can also be the impetus that helps us make our corner of the world a little brighter. Over the holidays our library put up a "Giving Tree&quo